Radar Online published thislist of celebrities who died under bizarre circumstances. It’s quite a crappy list; while it does have a few celebrities who died in genuinely odd ways (Sonny Bono, David Carradine, Michael Hutchence), the list is also populated by a whole bunch of celebs that died because of drug overdoses and travel accidents. Honestly, who could be surprised by famous people dying because of drugs and travel?
We here at the Dope can do better! Let’s come up with some more celebrities that died in really strange circumstances.
To start you off: Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash, but this was no ho=hum crash! He was with the tour bus driver while they were buzzing the tour bus in a small plane.
Let’s list some others! Real life only - no Spinal Tap drummers, even if you can’t really dust for vomit!
William Holden died when he slipped on a rug, hit his head on a table, and bled to death. He may or may not have been intoxicated.
Vic Morrow, along with child actors Renee Chen and Myca Dinh Le, were decapited and dismembered by a helicopter rotor when the helicopter crashed while filming a scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie. (Side note: Frankly I think John Landis should have done jail time for this one: putting the shot above actors’ safety.)
Tennessee Williams was having difficulty opening a bottle of medicine with a childproof cap. He ended up prying the cap off with his teeth and accidentally swallowed it, causing his death.
It’s pushing the notion of celebrity a bit, but British MP Stephen Milligan managed to die while wearing stockings, a noose round his neck, and biting into a slice of orange laced with poppers. A very dangerous wank.
Was it the wadding? My recollection was that the concussive force of the blank cartridge, at that range, was enough to knock a hole in his skull, even without any projectile in the barrel.
